Gifu Stringed Instrument Loan Project ‹STROAN›

Salamanca Hall is a concert hall with Spanish organ dedicated to classical music. Acclaimed by artists from around the globe as an outstanding acoustic space, and as a venue where local people enjoy music, the Hall has accumulated a history of musical experiences over the last quarter of a century.

And now, we are ready to add a new page to this history.
In August 2019, as many as 40 instruments were donated to Salamanca Hall, consists of 22 violins, 10 violas, and 8 cellos, named as ‹Seiryu Collection›. These instruments will be preserved and maintained at Salamanca Hall and waiting for their turn to help young music students in their study as well as young at heart musicians who love playing wonderful instruments more than anything.

The Gifu Stringed Instrument Loan Project ‹STROAN› will lend them out gratis. The 40 instruments have been made by modern day Luthier in Japan, Italy, Portugal and France. The loan period is basically two years. This period of two years has been set with the idea that the loaned instruments will help the musicians to grow, and also that the instruments themselves will be nurtured by the musicians during that period.

Salamanca Hall will go beyond merely lending out these 40 instruments. We plan to have stringed instrument workshops, master classes and concerts, so that the superior acoustics of the Hall can resonate with the music of these instruments.

It is our hope that, these instruments, nurtured by the musicians, can be brought together to perform beautiful ensembles in our Hall, and delight people’s hearts with their music, then this project will be able to develop significantly in the future.